[donkey687]

Agree with you farm, but it doesn’t explain why wrestling was cut.  Definitely not a 1%er sport.

BC

Do we know what the gender balance was of everything else cut? Field hockey, squash, women's sailing, and synchronized swimming all have no male equivalents. So I wonder if it was to balance that out? I agree that wrestling is among the least compelling from the standpoint of reducing a privileged path of access to Stanford.

Yes, if you cut women's sports spots, you need to reciprocate with a men's spots to keep the numbers equal under Title IX which is why wrestling is pushing for the addition of a women's wrestling team as they need a women's sport to be reinstated for them to be reinstated.  If these cuts were made to get rid of athletes coming from privilege, golf and tennis would have been cut.  That wasn't the case.  Bernard cut the minor sports that don't contribute much to Directors Cup standings. These sports are a nuisance to him and take resources and attention away from the bigger sports.

[donkey687]

Agree with you farm, but it doesn’t explain why wrestling was cut.  Definitely not a 1%er sport.

BC

Do we know what the gender balance was of everything else cut? Field hockey, squash, women's sailing, and synchronized swimming all have no male equivalents. So I wonder if it was to balance that out? I agree that wrestling is among the least compelling from the standpoint of reducing a privileged path of access to Stanford.

Yes, if you cut women's sports spots, you need to reciprocate with a men's spots to keep the numbers equal under Title IX which is why wrestling is pushing for the addition of a women's wrestling team as they need a women's sport to be reinstated for them to be reinstated.  If these cuts were made to get rid of athletes coming from privilege, golf and tennis would have been cut.  That wasn't the case.  Bernard cut the minor sports that don't contribute much to Directors Cup standings. These sports are a nuisance to him and take resources and attention away from the bigger sports.